I watch quite of bit of sports journalism on TV, and one phrasing I've noticed lately is that when a pundit wants to say that a player is no longer a viable player to his or her expected quality of play, they tend to say that someone is "washed" instead of saying "washed up."
How did it come so important to cut the "up" and just say "washed"? For example, someone could opine, "This season Tom Brady looked like he was washed, but you also have to consider the quality of skill position players he had at his disposal."
I am for keeping the phrasing to remain "washed up" and ditching the phrasing of simply "washed." The latter sounds weird.
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